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303 pages • paperback • first pub 2007 • 2 editions
ISBN/UID: 9781904859604
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: AK Press
Edition Pub Date: 01 Aug 2007
Description
In a series of lively essays, this pioneering book proves that US slang has its strongest wellsprings in nineteenth-century Irish America. "Jazz" and "poker," "sucker" and "scam" all derive from Irish. While demonstrating this, Daniel Cassidy simu...
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303 pages • paperback • 2007
ISBN/UID: 9781904859604
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: AK Press
Edition Pub Date: 01 Aug 2007
Description
In a series of lively essays, this pioneering book proves that US slang has its strongest wellsprings in nineteenth-century Irish America. "Jazz" and "poker," "sucker" and "scam" all derive from Irish. While demonstrating this, Daniel Cassidy simu...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings